Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Dec 5/12 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Fire Weather Warning is current for the Northwest and parts
of the Channel Country, Central West, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and
Upper Flinders districts.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A high pressure system over southern Australia will maintain a flow of dry
air over most of Queensland. A weak surface trough stretches from the Gulf
Country to the northern interior.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
Fine, dry and mostly sunny over most of the state, except for some isolated
showers and thunderstorms over the northeast districts, the northern interior,
the Peninsula district and the eastern parts of the Gulf Country.  Above average
temperatures over the northern and central districts.  Light to moderate SE to
NE winds, fresh at times about the central coast and the state's northwest.
Winds shifting SW'ly during the day over the southeast interior.  A Severe to
Extreme fire danger for the Northwest and parts of the Channel Country, Central
West, Gulf Country, Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders districts.
Forecast for Friday
The high should move into the Tasman Sea and should push some moisture and
showers over Queensland's southeast and northeast districts. Meanwhile the
surface trough is expected to lie over the west of the state with isolated
showers and thunderstorms expected over the state's far north and northwest
regions.  Fine, dry and mostly sunny over the remainder of the state.
Forecast for Saturday
The high should remain over the Tasman Sea and should continue to push some
showers over Queensland's southeast and northeast districts, though these
showers should be very isolated over the northeast.  A weak mid level trough may
also allow isolated thunderstorms to form over the southern border ranges during
the afternoon and evening. The surface trough should lie over the southwest of
the state, with isolated showers and thunderstorms expected to its east over
most of the western districts. Daytime temperatures again rising to well above
the December average over the Channel Country.
Forecast for Sunday
The high is expected to drift into the eastern reaches of the Tasman Sea, but
is nonetheless expected to maintain fine and mostly sunny conditions over the
central coast and the northern interior.  Mostly fine over the state's
northeast, though some isolated showers are possible about the north tropical
coast and some isolated thunderstorms may occur over the northern reaches of
Cape York Peninsula.  The surface trough should drift eastwards across the
southern interior, allowing mainly isolated showers and thunderstorms to form in
a band from the state's northwest down through the central west and into the
southern interior and the southeast.
Outlook for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
A new high pressure system will reinforce the ridge of high pressure along
Queensland's east coast, and an associated onshore wind flow should push showers
onto the state's eastern districts.  The surface trough should stretch from the
state's northwest to the southern interior, and mainly isolated showers and
thunderstorms are expected in a band from the northwest down to the state's
southeast early in the new week, before contracting into the western districts
and southern interior during the week.  Maximum temperatures above the December
average over the western districts.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:10 pm EST
Thursday.
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